Bret Michaels is hospitalized with brain hemorrhage

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"Bret Michaels is in critical condition suffering from a brain hemorrhage, his publicist said Friday.

Joann Mignano, Michaels' New York-based publicist, confirmed a report on People magazine's website that said the former Poison frontman was rushed to intensive care late Thursday after a severe headache. The report said doctors discovered bleeding at the base of his brain stem.

Mignano said tests are being conducted but did not know where he was being treated.

The 47-year-old glam-rock reality TV star had an emergency appendectomy at a private care facility for diabetics last week after complaining of stomach pains before he was scheduled to perform at Sea World in San Antonio, Texas. Michaels later wrote on his website that though the surgery "has taken its toll," doctors expected him to make a full recovery." [AP]

TMZ says he "is awake, in good spirits and talking", so that's good.

Tags: Bret Michaels, medical emergency, Poison

posted at 1:05 AM on April 24, 2010 in music | Comments (18)

Comments (18)

sounds boring.

Posted by d | April 24, 2010 10:29 AM

hope all is well.

Posted by Anonymous | April 24, 2010 10:37 AM

hey, poison were the animal collective in 1988.

Posted by Anonymous | April 24, 2010 5:58 PM

Talk Dirty to MEH..

Get well Brett

Posted by Anonymous | April 24, 2010 7:22 PM

@ 5:58 you are so off base and need to stop listening to music all together

get well

Posted by Anonymous | April 25, 2010 7:19 AM

he was/is one of the biggest assholes in the music industry.... karma??

Posted by Anonymous | April 25, 2010 12:58 PM

@ 12:58 - how is it karma when you have a wife and kids and you could die...

even if he was an asshole, no one deserves to have it happen to them...

Posted by m | April 25, 2010 3:07 PM

I shall unskinny bop no more

Posted by anon | April 25, 2010 3:13 PM

@ 12:58 - What exactly is this statement based on? I happen to know his family and have met him a couple of times; seems like a good guy to me. You may not like his music/image, but to say he's "one of the biggest assholes in the music industry" seems off base to me. Anything in particular that you can share to back up such a claim???

Posted by Anonymous | April 25, 2010 4:13 PM

"Is" is a superior statement than "seems like" - his lies beat your lies!

Posted by Crosseyed Sniper | April 25, 2010 4:47 PM

Uh Oh Poison ends. C.C. has already gained 300 pounds and re-developed a gargantuan coke habit.

Posted by Anonymous | April 25, 2010 9:00 PM

Well, well, well...look what the cat dragged in.

Posted by Anonymous | April 25, 2010 9:38 PM

Bret Michaels is famously nice. He was famously nice in the 80s and is famously nice now.

Get well and be strong, Bret. We need our Rock of Love to roll again!

Posted by Anonymous | April 25, 2010 9:41 PM

How can you gain 300 lbs with a "gargantuan coke habit"

Posted by Anonymous | April 26, 2010 7:05 AM